2004 Formula Nippon Championship

Formula Nippon Championship 2004 Related series:2004 International Formula 3000 Championship2004 Euro Formula 3000 Series The 2004 Formula Nippon Championship was the thirty-second season of premier Japanese single-seater racing, and the ninth under the Formula Nippon moniker. Eight teams and 17 drivers competed in the series. The series was contested over nine rounds at five venues. Fuji Speedway was closed for 2004 due to renovations, and for the first time, the series raced outside of Japan as Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia was added to the calendar. Dandelion Racing driver Richard Lyons won his first series championship, defeating André Lotterer after scoring more points in the final race of the season, which was the championship tiebreaker.Super Formula: The rules that cost Andre Lotterer two titles https://www.motorsport.com/super-formula/news/andre-lotterer-lost-titles-nippon/4799552/ https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174609/https://www.motorsport.com/super-formula/news/andre-lotterer-lost-titles-nippon/4799552/ 2023-10-29 2026-02-03 en Lyons became the third driver to win the Formula Nippon and All-Japan Grand Touring Car GT500 Championships in the same year. Teams and drivers All teams used tyres supplied by Bridgestone, Lola B03/51 chassis, and Mugen MF308 engines. Team # Driver RoundsADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN1JPN Satoshi MotoyamaAll2JPN Toshihiro KaneishiAllYellow Hat Kondo Racing Team3JPN Ryō MichigamiAll4JPN Yuji TachikawaAllTeam LeMans7JPN Juichi WakisakaAll8JPN Takeshi TsuchiyaAllCosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo11JPN Tsugio MatsudaAll12JPN Masami Kageyama6–9mobilecast Team Impul19FRA Benoît TréluyerAll20JPN Yuji IdeAllLeMans Spirit25JPN Tatsuya KataokaAllCarrozzeria Team MOHN27JPN Koji Yamanishi4–5, 828JPN Hideki NodaAllPIAA Nakajima Racing31DEU André LottererAll32JPN Takashi KogureAllDoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing40GBR Richard LyonsAll41JPN Naoki HattoriAll Race calendar and results Race Track Date Pole position Fastest race lap Winning driver Winning team 1 JPN Suzuka Circuit 28 March JPN Yuji Ide GBR Richard Lyons JPN Takashi Kogure PIAA Nakajima Racing 2 JPN Sportsland SUGO 2 May GBR Richard Lyons JPN Takashi Kogure GBR Richard Lyons DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 3 JPN Twin Ring Motegi 6 June GBR Richard Lyons GBR Richard Lyons DEU André Lotterer PIAA Nakajima Racing 4 JPN Suzuka Circuit 4 July GBR Richard Lyons JPN Naoki Hattori GBR Richard Lyons DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing 5 JPN Sportsland SUGO 1 August GBR Richard Lyons JPN Juichi Wakisaka JPN Satoshi Motoyama ADiRECT Team 5ZIGEN 6 JPN Mine Circuit 29 August FRA Benoît Tréluyer JPN Juichi Wakisaka FRA Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast Team Impul 7 MAS Sepang International Circuit 19 September DEU André Lotterer GBR Richard Lyons DEU André Lotterer PIAA Nakajima Racing 8 JPN Twin Ring Motegi 24 October JPN Juichi Wakisaka DEU André Lotterer JPN Yuji Ide mobilecast Team Impul 9 JPN Suzuka Circuit 7 November GBR Richard Lyons JPN Yuji Ide FRA Benoît Tréluyer mobilecast Team Impul In Rounds 4 and 7, sprint races set the grid for the main race. Round 4 sprint race winner Richard Lyons started from pole in the main race. Round 7 sprint race winner André Lotterer started from pole in the main race. Naoki Hattori set pole position for the sprint race. Championship standings Drivers' Championship Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Points 10 6 4 3 2 1 Rank Name SUZJPN SGOJPN MOTJPN SUZJPN SGOJPN MINJPN MYSMYS MOTJPN SUZJPN Points 1 GBR Richard Lyons 8 1 8 1 4 8 9 2 3 33 2 DEU André Lotterer 2 4 1 8 Ret Ret 1 3 7 33 3 JPN Yuji Ide 12 2 2 3 7 7 10 1 2 32 4 FRA Benoît Tréluyer Ret 6 4 2 10 1 7 Ret 1 30 5 JPN Juichi Wakisaka 13 3 Ret 5 3 2 3 Ret 4 23 6 JPN Satoshi Motoyama 5 12 5 4 1 6 Ret 5 6 21 7 JPN Takashi Kogure 1 9 9 7 2 Ret 6 9 8 17 8 JPN Tatsuya Kataoka 10 11 3 13 Ret 4 5 4 12 12 9 JPN Naoki Hattori 7 7 Ret 10 6 10 2 Ret 10 7 10 JPN Ryō Michigami 3 5 6 Ret Ret 11 8 10 13 7 11 JPN Tsugio Matsuda 4 NC 12 9 DSQ 12 4 6 Ret 7 12 JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi 6 13 10 Ret 12 3 Ret Ret 11 5 13 JPN Takeshi Tsuchiya 11 10 7 11 8 5 Ret Ret 5 4 14 JPN Yuji Tachikawa Ret NC Ret 6 5 9 Ret 7 9 3 15 JPN Hideki Noda 9 8 11 Ret 11 Ret Ret 11 14 0 16 JPN Koji Yamanishi 12 9 8 0 17 JPN Masami Kageyama Ret 11 Ret 15 0 Teams' Championship Rank Team Car SUZJPN SGOJPN MOTJPN SUZJPN SGOJPN MINJPN MYSMYS MOTJPN SUZJPN Points1 mobilecast Impul 19 Ret 6 4 2 10 1 7 Ret 162 20 12 2 2 3 7 7 10 1 22 PIAA Nakajima 31 2 4 1 8 Ret Ret 1 3 7 50 32 1 9 9 7 2 Ret 6 9 83 DoCoMo Dandelion 40 8 1 8 1 4 8 9 2 3 40 41 7 7 Ret 10 6 10 2 Ret 104 LeMansLeMans Spirit 7 13 3 Ret 5 3 2 3 Ret 4 37 8 11 10 7 11 8 5 Ret Ret 5 25 10 11 3 13 Ret 4 5 4 125 ADiRECT 5ZIGEN 1 5 12 5 4 1 6 Ret 5 6 26 2 6 13 10 Ret 12 3 Ret Ret 116 Yellow Hat Kondo 3 3 5 6 Ret Ret 11 8 10 13 10 4 Ret NC Ret 6 5 9 Ret 7 97 Cosmo Oil Cerumo 11 4 NC 12 9 DSQ 12 4 6 Ret 7 12 Ret 11 Ret 158 Team MOHN 27 12 9 8 0 28 9 8 11 Ret 11 Ret Ret 11 14 References External links 2004 Japanese Championship Formula Nippon Formula Nippon Category:Super Formula Nippon